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Local news, sports, business, politics, entertainment, travel, restaurants and opinion for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.Sun, 01 Sep 2019 16:22:41 -0700en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10Anti-fascist rebellion brewing in Pacific Northwest soccer stadiumshttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/anti-fascist-rebellion-brewing-in-pacific-northwest-soccer-stadiums/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/anti-fascist-rebellion-brewing-in-pacific-northwest-soccer-stadiums/#respondSun, 01 Sep 2019 14:12:27 -0700https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11932318The seeds of dissent were visible almost immediately. Soccer officials had notified the Timbers Army, a fan organization for the team in Portland, Oregon, on the eve of this season that the anti-fascist symbol its members had been waving on a giant banner in the north end of the stadium would no longer be permitted […]]]>Videos of children playing on seesaws installed across US-Mexico border go viralhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/videos-of-children-playing-on-seesaws-installed-across-us-mexico-border-go-viral/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/videos-of-children-playing-on-seesaws-installed-across-us-mexico-border-go-viral/#respondWed, 31 Jul 2019 07:24:20 -0700https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11832511It is not a sound normally associated with the border, particularly in its latest role as a national symbol of incalculable political charge. But there it was, as unmistakable as the pink seesaws that prompted it: laughter. Two architects in the San Francisco Bay area are responsible for the installation over the weekend of the […]]]>New York, epicenter of measles outbreak, bans religious exemptions for vaccineshttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/new-york-epicenter-of-measles-outbreak-bans-religious-exemptions-for-vaccines/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/new-york-epicenter-of-measles-outbreak-bans-religious-exemptions-for-vaccines/#respondThu, 13 Jun 2019 19:04:18 -0700https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11684919New York officially ended religious exemptions for school vaccines Thursday as the state grapples with its largest measles outbreak in years. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, signed the legislation into law Thursday evening after it passed in the state’s Senate and Assembly, ending years of gridlock over the issue. “We’re putting science ahead of […]]]>Canada bans captivity and breeding of orcas and dolphinshttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/canada-bans-captivity-and-breeding-of-orcas-and-dolphins/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/canada-bans-captivity-and-breeding-of-orcas-and-dolphins/#respondMon, 10 Jun 2019 19:38:17 -0700https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11672926Orcas, dolphins and other cetaceans have made for popular attractions at some aquatic theme parks for decades, but their presence has been trailed by ethical concerns about their confinement.]]>Hannity says calls to jail Trump make U.S. ‘a banana republic’ — let’s review his tapes on Hillary Clintonhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/hannity-says-calls-to-jail-trump-make-u-s-a-banana-republic-lets-review-his-tapes-on-hillary-clinton/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/hannity-says-calls-to-jail-trump-make-u-s-a-banana-republic-lets-review-his-tapes-on-hillary-clinton/#respondFri, 07 Jun 2019 07:26:31 -0700https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11663061Fox TV show host Sean Hannity said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comment about wanting President Donald Trump in jail was a sign that Democrats were "now the party of anti-Trump rage and psychosis." Here are 20 times when he or someone else on his show talked of jailing Hillary Clinton.]]>Militia leader said members were training to kill Obama, Clinton and Soros, FBI sayshttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/militia-leader-said-members-were-training-to-kill-obama-clinton-and-soros-fbi-says/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/militia-leader-said-members-were-training-to-kill-obama-clinton-and-soros-fbi-says/#respondTue, 23 Apr 2019 06:58:16 -0700https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11510012The leader of a militia that scours the southern border for undocumented migrants had once claimed his group was training to assassinate Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Democratic donor George Soros, the FBI said.]]>Former official conned NASA-funded lab into paying for trips to see prostitutes and escorts, feds sayhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/former-official-conned-nasa-funded-lab-into-paying-for-trips-to-see-prostitutes-and-escorts-feds-say/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/former-official-conned-nasa-funded-lab-into-paying-for-trips-to-see-prostitutes-and-escorts-feds-say/#respondThu, 18 Apr 2019 03:18:32 -0700https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11495256Charles Resnick worked for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, the nonprofit that manages the International Space Station National Lab and is funded by NASA.]]>California officials furious after helicopter lands in super bloom of poppieshttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/california-officials-furious-after-helicopter-lands-in-super-bloom-of-poppies/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/california-officials-furious-after-helicopter-lands-in-super-bloom-of-poppies/#respondWed, 27 Mar 2019 07:56:17 -0700https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11419649"We never thought it would be explicitly necessary to state that it is illegal to land a helicopter in the middle of the fields and begin hiking off trail," the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve said in a Facebook post along with the hashtag #Don'tDoomTheBloom. "We were wrong."]]>Nine nurses are pregnant at a Maine hospital. They all work in the baby-delivery unit.https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nine-nurses-are-pregnant-at-a-maine-hospital-they-all-work-in-the-baby-delivery-unit/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nine-nurses-are-pregnant-at-a-maine-hospital-they-all-work-in-the-baby-delivery-unit/#respondTue, 26 Mar 2019 09:32:34 -0700https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11415923Call it a baby bump. Nine nurses at a Maine hospital are pregnant and expecting children within a four-month range this spring and summer. And they all work in the hospital’s labor and delivery unit. “Throughout the shift, we’d name the people [who were pregnant], and we were like so and so, so and so, […]]]>No, CBD-infused jelly beans won’t get you high. Here’s why.https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/marijuana/no-cbd-infused-jelly-beans-wont-get-you-high-heres-why/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/marijuana/no-cbd-infused-jelly-beans-wont-get-you-high-heres-why/#respondTue, 19 Mar 2019 06:50:35 -0700https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11391259CBD jelly beans in flavors such as toasted marshmallow, piña colada and strawberry cheesecake have been an early hot seller. CBD is not the chemical in cannabis that causes a high. It has been touted (but not proven) as a potential treatment for anxiety, seizures, insomnia and even cancer. ]]>Ocasio-Cortez learned lobbyists pay people to avoid waiting in lines on the Hill. She’s not pleased.https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/ocasio-cortez-learned-lobbyists-pay-people-to-avoid-waiting-in-lines-on-the-hill-shes-not-pleased/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/ocasio-cortez-learned-lobbyists-pay-people-to-avoid-waiting-in-lines-on-the-hill-shes-not-pleased/#respondWed, 13 Feb 2019 19:32:23 -0800https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11301459It is one of Washington’s more peculiar practices, but most local denizens have long accepted it as a way of life: paying people to wait in line to get prime seats at Capitol Hill hearings. Line-standing or line-waiting is a small but potent example of how money affects politics in the District of Columbia — […]]]>A sixth-grader’s name got him bullied. Now Joshua Trump is going to the State of the Union.https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/a-sixth-graders-name-got-him-bullied-now-joshua-trump-is-going-to-the-state-of-the-union/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/a-sixth-graders-name-got-him-bullied-now-joshua-trump-is-going-to-the-state-of-the-union/#respondTue, 05 Feb 2019 04:44:32 -0800https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11280542An 11-year-old boy who says he’s been bullied because of his last name – Trump – will be one of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump’s guests at the State of the Union on Tuesday, the White House announced. Joshua Trump, a sixth-grade student from Wilmington, Delaware, who is not related to the […]]]>How anonymous tweets helped ignite a national controversy over MAGA hat teenshttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/how-anonymous-tweets-helped-ignite-a-national-controversy-over-maga-hat-teens/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/how-anonymous-tweets-helped-ignite-a-national-controversy-over-maga-hat-teens/#respondTue, 22 Jan 2019 18:30:34 -0800https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11251693The episode leaves more questions than answers. But it serves as a troubling reminder of the immense power social-media networks wield over the political conversation in the United States, despite lingering concerns about their susceptibility to fraudulent and malicious use.]]>‘World’s oldest woman’ was 122 when she died; 1 researcher says she was lying about agehttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/worlds-oldest-woman-was-122-when-she-died-1-researcher-says-she-was-lying-about-age/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/worlds-oldest-woman-was-122-when-she-died-1-researcher-says-she-was-lying-about-age/#respondSat, 05 Jan 2019 08:02:18 -0800https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11213818A Russian mathematician believes that Jeanne Calment was actually Yvonne Calment, Jeanne's daughter, who had assumed her mother's identity to avoid inheritance taxes in the 1930s. ]]>Man fled before trial for allegedly killing a Portland girl. U.S. prosecutor thinks Saudi Arabia helped him.https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/man-fled-before-trial-for-allegedly-killing-a-portland-girl-u-s-prosecutor-thinks-saudi-arabia-helped-him/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/man-fled-before-trial-for-allegedly-killing-a-portland-girl-u-s-prosecutor-thinks-saudi-arabia-helped-him/#respondSat, 29 Dec 2018 07:22:19 -0800https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11201179Abdulrahman Sameer Noorah was charged in Portland with manslaughter in the hit-and-run death of a 15-year-old girl. Then he disappeared.]]>Hoyer says House will not seat a North Carolina Republican amid questions about integrity of electionhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/hoyer-says-house-will-not-seat-a-north-carolina-republican-amid-questions-about-integrity-of-election/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/hoyer-says-house-will-not-seat-a-north-carolina-republican-amid-questions-about-integrity-of-election/#respondFri, 28 Dec 2018 14:00:18 -0800https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11200071The statement came after North Carolina dissolved its elections board Friday without certifying the results of the election, leaving the fate of the seat in doubt days ahead of the start of the new Congress.]]>President Trump bragged to military in Iraq about 10 percent raise they’ve not been givenhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/president-trump-bragged-to-military-in-iraq-about-10-percent-raise-theyve-not-been-given/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/president-trump-bragged-to-military-in-iraq-about-10-percent-raise-theyve-not-been-given/#respondThu, 27 Dec 2018 09:32:33 -0800https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11197566The pay raise Trump authorized this year amounted to 2.6 percent, not 10 percent. And the troops have received a pay raise every year for decades.]]>Hawaii man who had a medical emergency during false missile alert is suing the statehttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/hawaii-man-who-had-a-medical-emergency-during-false-missile-alert-is-suing-the-state/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/hawaii-man-who-had-a-medical-emergency-during-false-missile-alert-is-suing-the-state/#respondWed, 28 Nov 2018 16:34:19 -0800https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11150034A man who suffered an apparent heart attack in the panicked moments after Hawaii sent out a false warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack last year has filed a lawsuit against the state, claiming its gross negligence is responsible for his health condition. James Sean Shields and his girlfriend Brenda Reichel filed the lawsuit […]]]>FBI considers Proud Boys extremists with white-nationalist ties, law enforcement officials sayhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/fbi-considers-proud-boys-extremists-with-white-nationalist-ties-law-enforcement-officials-say/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/fbi-considers-proud-boys-extremists-with-white-nationalist-ties-law-enforcement-officials-say/#respondMon, 19 Nov 2018 18:54:34 -0800https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11137820The report, from the office of Clark County Sheriff Chuck Atkins in southwestern Washington, was issued as the office analyzed the dismissal of a deputy who was fired after her affiliation with a female offshoot of the group, Proud Boys' Girls, came to light.]]>Republicans attack Jewish candidates, including Kim Schrier, with an age-old caricature: fistfuls of cashhttps://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/republicans-attack-jewish-candidates-including-kim-schrier-with-an-age-old-caricature-fistfuls-of-cash/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_eli-rosenberg
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/republicans-attack-jewish-candidates-including-kim-schrier-with-an-age-old-caricature-fistfuls-of-cash/#respondTue, 06 Nov 2018 02:24:33 -0800https://www.seattletimes.com/?p=11112373One such ad depicts Kim Schrier, a Democrat running in Washington's 8th District, with a wad of $20 bills fanned out in her hands. A campaign spokeswoman decried "an outrageous characterization of a candidate that draws on centuries old anti-Semitic stereotypes."]]>